A missing Texas mother who was seen in a video being attacked outside a bar has been found dead in a ditch, FOX 7 reports. On Friday, a passerby came upon the body of 25-year-old Tiera Strand along a road in Bell County. The tragic discovery was made about 70 miles from Austin, where Strand was …
An Oklahoma woman allegedly gave birth to a baby and then dumped the child in the trash, prompting her estranged husband to bury the newborn girl, the Enid News & Eagle reports. Now both adults have been arrested and authorities are searching for the baby, who is presumed dead. Prosecutors this week charged 40-year-old Sarah …
A 3-year-old boy was found dead in a Mississippi pond on Friday, leading authorities to charge his mother and her boyfriend with murder in connection with the child’s death, WLBT-TV reports. Police first began investigating around 9:30 a.m., when a woman called 911 to report that she had encountered a 5-year-old boy at her home. The …
Victims of a California mother who allegedly threw drunken sex parties for teens are calling her a “dangerous predator” and asked a judge to impose as much prison time as possible, KGO-TV reports. On Friday, 48-year-old Shannon O’Connor was in court for a hearing about what kind of sentence might be imposed if she pleaded …
The ex-wife of a federal judge who belongs to a prominent Virginia family is accused of distributing child pornography and attempted child sex trafficking, but the woman says she was just trying to help a minor in danger, WRIC-TV reports. Eleanor Hunton Hoppe, 45, of Charlottesville, was charged earlier this month in federal court in …
A Minnesota police officer who accidentally shot and killed a man during a traffic stop is scheduled to be released from prison next week, FOX 9 reports. Kim Potter is expected to walk out of the Shakopee Minnesota Correctional Facility after serving 16 months behind bars. Potter, 50, shot Daunte Wright, 20, as he was …
A 20-year-old Colorado woman driving late at night on Wednesday was killed after a rock crashed through her windshield, one of a series of incidents involving rocks allegedly being thrown at drivers, CBS News reports. Alexa Bartell was driving in Jefferson County near Rocky Flats Wildlife Refuge around 10:45 p.m. when the large rock went …
Criminal charges against actor Alec Baldwin related to the 2021 fatal shooting on the set of “Rust” are have been dropped Deadline reports. Special prosecutors could file court papers formalizing the decision as early as Thursday. The 65-year-old actor is facing two counts of involuntary manslaughter in connection with the incident in October 2021, in …
A 6-month-old child is dead after two teenagers speeding and joyriding in a stolen car caused a crash in Chicago, WGN-TV reports. Around 5 p.m. Sunday, the two male juveniles – 14 and 17 years old – were traveling westbound in the 4400 block of West Washington Boulevard when their stolen Hyundai hit a pickup …
A North Carolina man allegedly shot a 6-year-old girl and her parents after a basketball rolled into his yard earlier this week, prompting an ongoing manhunt for his arrest, WSOC-TV reports. Around 8 p.m. Tuesday, a group of children was playing near April Drive and Grier Street in Gastonia County, just west of Charlotte, when …
Two Iowa teens have pleaded guilty to first-degree murder for brutally beating to death a high school teacher because one of them was upset over his grade. On Tuesday, Jeremy Goodale and Willard Miller entered the pleas in separate hearings at the Jefferson County courthouse in Fairfield. The deals come after Goodale had agreed to …
Authorities have secured a cell phone linked to a woman who alleged that she is Madeleine McCann, the British girl who vanished in Portugal in 2007. Orange County Sheriff’s Sgt. Mike Woodroof said law enforcement recently obtained the phone, but he declined to disclose additional information or reveal the nature of the investigation, RadarOnline reports. …
